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Sm3Ni14Mn

Ternary

Crystal Structure

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Overview

Magnetic flux density0.354T
Magnetization density0.030μB Å−3
Total spin moment22.832μB cell−1
MP-reference hull distance0.073eV atom−1
Cell volume751.730Å3
Number of atoms54atoms
Chemical system Sm-Ni-Mn Calculation Converged

Final Relaxed Cell

Calculated-cell formulaMn3Ni42Sm9
a, b, c4.924, 4.924, 35.798 Å
α, β, γ90.000, 90.000, 120.000°
Cell volume751.730 Å3
Volume per atom13.921 Å3 atom−1
Formula units, Z3

Final Symmetry

Space groupR3m (No. 160)
Crystal systemTrigonal
Point group3m
Hall symbolR 3 -2"
Pearson symbolhR18

Occupied Wyckoff Sites

SiteElementWyckoff positionMultiplicitySite symmetry
Sm1Sm3a33m
Sm2Sm3a33m
Sm3Sm3a33m
Mn1Mn3a33m
Ni1Ni9b9.m
Ni2Ni9b9.m
Ni3Ni3a33m
Ni4Ni9b9.m
Ni5Ni3a33m
Ni6Ni3a33m
Ni7Ni3a33m
Ni8Ni3a33m

Prototype Relationship

Cell Magnetization

Total spin moment22.832 μB cell−1
Moment per atom0.423 μB atom−1
Magnetization density0.030 μB Å−3
μ0M0.354 T
PAW-sphere total23.832 μB cell−1
Interstitial remainder-1.000 μB cell−1

Sublattice Magnetization

Rare-earth sublattice-0.507 μB
Transition-metal sublattice24.339 μB
RE–TM alignmentAntiparallel

Element-Resolved Moments

ElementAtomsPAW-sphere totalμBMean per atomμB atom−1RangeμB
Sm9-0.507-0.056-0.071 to -0.036
Mn39.6603.2203.220 to 3.220
Ni4214.6790.3500.230 to 0.406

Site-Resolved PAW-Sphere Moments

SiteElementWyckoffsμBpμBdμBTotalμB
1Sma-0.0020.004-0.037-0.036
2Sma-0.005-0.006-0.060-0.071
3Sma-0.005-0.006-0.060-0.071
4Sma-0.0020.004-0.037-0.036
5Sma-0.0020.004-0.037-0.036
6Sma-0.003-0.005-0.053-0.062
7Sma-0.003-0.005-0.053-0.062
8Sma-0.003-0.005-0.053-0.062
9Sma-0.005-0.006-0.060-0.071
10Mna0.0360.0283.1563.220
11Mna0.0360.0283.1563.220
12Mna0.0360.0283.1563.220
13Nib-0.003-0.0090.4000.388
14Nib-0.003-0.0090.4000.388
15Nib-0.003-0.0090.4000.388
16Nib-0.003-0.0090.4000.388
17Nib-0.004-0.0100.3280.314
18Nia-0.000-0.0070.3290.322
19Nia-0.000-0.0070.3290.322
20Nia-0.000-0.0070.3290.322
21Nib-0.003-0.0090.4000.388
22Nib-0.003-0.0090.4000.388
23Nib-0.003-0.0090.4000.388
24Nib-0.003-0.0090.4000.388
25Nib-0.003-0.0090.4000.388
26Nib-0.004-0.0100.3280.314
27Nib-0.004-0.0100.3280.314
28Nib-0.004-0.0100.3280.314
29Nib-0.004-0.0100.3280.314
30Nib-0.004-0.0100.3280.314
31Nib-0.004-0.0100.3280.314
32Nib-0.004-0.0100.3280.314
33Nib0.000-0.0060.3710.366
34Nib0.000-0.0060.3710.366
35Nib0.000-0.0060.3710.366
36Nib0.000-0.0060.3710.366
37Nib0.000-0.0060.3710.366
38Nib0.000-0.0060.3710.366
39Nib0.000-0.0060.3710.366
40Nib0.000-0.0060.3710.366
41Nib-0.004-0.0100.3280.314
42Nia-0.000-0.0090.3350.326
43Nia-0.000-0.0090.3350.326
44Nia-0.000-0.0090.3350.326
45Nia-0.002-0.0180.4250.405
46Nia-0.002-0.0180.4250.405
47Nia-0.002-0.0180.4250.405
48Nia0.002-0.0040.4080.406
49Nia0.002-0.0040.4080.406
50Nia0.001-0.0060.2350.230
51Nib0.000-0.0060.3710.366
52Nia0.001-0.0060.2350.230
53Nia0.001-0.0060.2350.230
54Nia0.002-0.0040.4080.406

Convex Hull: Sm-Ni-Mn

Energy above hull 0.073 eV/atom Reference set loading Candidates on this hull loading
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VASP Calculation

MethodCollinear spin-polarized DFT
Exchange-correlationPBE
Plane-wave cutoff520.0 eV
PrecisionNormal
Electronic convergence0.0001 eV
Ionic convergence-0.01 eV Å−1
Initial MAGMOM54*5.0
RelaxationIBRION 1, ISIF 3, NSW 100
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ADDGRID = True
ALGO = Normal
EDIFF = 0.0001
EDIFFG = -0.01
ENCUT = 520.0
IBRION = 1
ISIF = 3
ISMEAR = 1
ISPIN = 2
LAECHG = False
LASPH = True
LCHARG = False
LMAXMIX = 6
LORBIT = 11
LREAL = Auto
LWAVE = False
MAGMOM = 54*5.0
NCORE = 4
NELM = 120
NSW = 100
POTIM = 0.2
PREC = Normal
SIGMA = 0.05

Brillouin-Zone Sampling

SchemeGamma
Mesh5 × 5 × 1
Maximum reciprocal spacing0.29467 Å−1
View exact KPOINTS
pymatgen with grid density = 1143 / number of atoms
0
Gamma
5 5 1

PAW Potentials

ElementVASP TITELZVALENMAXeV
SmPAW_PBE Sm_3 07Sep200011.000177.087
MnPAW_PBE Mn_pv 07Sep200013.000269.865
NiPAW_PBE Ni_pv 06Sep200016.000367.945